I love it here and want to stay for as long as I can but I rarely go through a day without wondering about at least one of these.

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How come everyone, everyone, uses those yellow legal pads and why are they yellow?

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Why are toilets so low?

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Why are there so many gaps in toilet cubicles?

Is it just so that Friends episode with Julia Roberts and Chandler would work??

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Why does hardly anyone freak out about genetically modified stuff?

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How can you possibly be considered an adult at 18 if you can't drink till 21?

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Is "I wish I would have" considered correct grammar over here?

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Why isn't Vicks First Defence available here?

It is an actual miracle drug that stops colds from developing.

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Why don't prices include taxes?

It's not like you have a choice. You have to pay the tax. The actual price of the thing is price plus tax. (I know, I know: taxes are different in each State, but why can't prices in New York include New York tax, Californian prices include Californian taxes, etc?)

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Why are they trying to con us with chip and signature cards when the part that gives you extra security is the PIN, not the chip?

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Why are book covers different here, who decides, and why does only the U.S. get those lovely textured covers?

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Why do they put an S on the end of "anyway" and "a long way"?

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Why can't I figure out how to open liquid soap?

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How does a red traffic light possibly mean "stop, except if you're turning right in which case no it's fine ignore the red light"?

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Why don't they let leaves be for a day or two? I just want to walk through some autumn leaves and hear them crunching under my feet.